Re: Student FPGAs

On 24 Nov, 18:35, "Michael Brown" <s...@signature.below> wrote:
> Rob Gaddi wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:57:52 +0100
> > Lorenz Kolb <lorenz.k...@uni-ulm.de> wrote:
> [...]
> >> Well it's not a student-board, though in terms of cost (compared to
> >> typical costs) Avnet has a Virtex-5FXT Evaluation board for "only" 395
> >> $.
> [...]
> > Really?? =A0From the last time I price checked any of the V5s, at that
> > price you could buy the eval boards, desolder, reball, and still turn a
> > profit.
>
> Amazingly, it's true:http://www.em.avnet.com/evk/home/0,4534,CID%253D4647=
1%2526CCD%253DUSA...
> They'll even knock off another buck if you order more than 100 of them :)=
 If
> the URL doesn't work, it's part number AES-V5FXT-EVL30-G. The FPGA is an
> XC5VFX30T-1FFG665, which Avnet sells at $500 a pop. I'm not sure if this =
one
> is supported by Webpack, though (I know only a small number of Virtex
> devices are supported, but I can't find a list anywhere), so you may also
> need to spend another ~2.5 kilobucks to get Foundation.
>
> If I'd found this one when I was shopping (ended up with the Spartan 3E
> Starter Kit) it'd have been very tempting. Of course, now that the
> Australian dollar has tanked, it's a little more than I'd like to spend, =
but
> for those getting paid in greenbacks I'd say it's a killer deal.
>
> --
> Michael Brown
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Webpack support list - http://www.xilinx.com/ise/products/webpack_config.ht=
m
shows that it supports the XC5VFX30T.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd.